Our exploration of the Shifting City concluded with the Cloud Pier’s fine dining, before enjoying an evening view alongside Corai. When she leaned forward against the shimmering railing overlooking the abyss below, I’d thought it might be the only thing holding her upright. She had the weight...
2025-09-23 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Vascar Manual, Vol. 2
Written by Preston for the Worthless Clanker to see
[Section Excerpt from “Hacking”]
Machines have no c...
2025-09-22 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe memorywalking chamber was an entirely holographic room, which was intuitive to link into and access the recollection Corai had me flag. It was a strange feeling to have my thoughts stripped away, cast back to memories of another place and time. I could sense the thoughts ping-ponging around i...
2025-09-20 11:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe slow ascension up to the top of the Shifting City drove a wedge of anticipation into my Elusian heart, eager for the view at the top of the rise. The shimmering blue doorways that were scattered about by the millions had varying decors and written guideposts around them, with further extensio...
2025-09-16 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Vascar Manual, Vol. 1
Written by Preston for the Worthless Clanker to see
[Section Excerpt from “Rust”]
Your useless machine has inferior joints, vulnerable to existing around oxygen. Despite this element being common on many planets, they haven...
2025-09-15 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal
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The only way to restore our ability to teleport would be to figure out how the Elusians generated negative energy. Jakov checked on my progress every day, as the ...
2025-09-13 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI’d wondered how the Elusians avoided teleporting into walls or occupied spaces, but the answer shouldn’t have surprised me: they sent nanobots ahead to scout. Was there anything those tiny squiggles didn’t solve?! In the case of Suam, nanobots would register a space and it would a...
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I woke up on the levitation bed, an Elusian favorite for relaxation and stress relief—and to be honest, it did ease the tension and aches from my infant muscles. The nanobots covered my body like fucking mummy gauze, which kept me in the exact temperature range that I was most comfortable. They...
2025-09-06 18:58:50 +0000 UTC View PostCorai wanted us to have time to get used to our new bodies before heading to Suam, which meant the process was set to begin with a blindingly fast turnaround. The sole delay had been a few hours to send word back to Earth and get approval, as well as Velke sending his report to the Fakra. Takahas...
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While heading back to the Elusian settlement to reconvene with our godlike allies, I was starting to feel more positive about our situation. General Takahashi had brought an entire military contingent along with her, as the ESU sought to establish a direct link to Corai’s people. Velke split wa...
2025-08-30 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostUpon our arrival at Earth, Sofia, Mikri, and I had been pulled aside separately to detail our experiences since going through The Tunnel. Lirik, the Fakra diplomat, had taken charge of lengthy meetings with ESU liaisons, before today’s planned excursion to show them something they never had on ...
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The Human Manual, Vol. 3
Written b...
2025-08-25 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal
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As the bandit rushed my friend, his only instinct was to return the favor. The humans were charging each other like opposing vehicles seeing who would swerve away firs...
2025-08-23 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostVelke hadn’t seemed pleased with the stipulations on the nanobot vials, even with Sofia’s diplomatic attempt to tell him it was a trial run. The Fakra liaison suggested the Marshal—who we hadn’t met in person for “safety” reasons due to our abilities—wanted to pay Corai a visit in p...
2025-08-19 14:24:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe Human Manual, Vol. 2
Written by Mikri for the Network
[Section Excerpt from “Listening”]
Despite having audio sensors that ar...
2025-08-18 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostCommander Velke-tremai (as I learned was his full name, since Fakra had a hyphenated extended name rather than last names) had gotten the Marshal’s blessing to send us on our merry way back to Corai. The Fakra were willing to help convene with Sol, on one condition: that the Elusian scientists ...
2025-08-16 11:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe Human Manual, Vol. 1
Written by Mikri for the Network
[Section Excerpt from “Bodily Disfigurement: DO NOT TRY TO REPAIR THEM!”]
Unit Preston has a “birthmark” on his upper thigh, observed during the medical examination. It t...
2025-08-12 11:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal
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Much to Jetti’s dismay, Ficrae piloted the ship through a brief warp gap; we needed a surrounding negative energy barrier to hold it open, so the insertion team direc...
2025-08-11 11:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal
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The plan for how to search for Larimak began by nosing around in The Brigands’ business.
Dawson once expressed that he was surprised that humanity hadn’t c...
2025-08-09 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostVelke’s blocky face had a rigid expression, though that was the Fakra’s natural state with a mouth shape reminiscent of a snapping turtle. He pressed bony fingers to his chin, a gesture I figured his species might’ve learned from the Elusians. I’d given him a bit of a slowburn, telling hi...
2025-08-05 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Fakra had an unguarded Gap at the wall of their dimension, which Corai believed they’d never located for the simple reason that they generated their own portals to Caelum. Our Elusian helper wouldn’t be tagging along on this mission, so we were all by our lonesome with our super angry old...
2025-08-02 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Elusians were weird, and…coming from me of all people, that meant something.
They were technologically weird though, not just getting their jollies by making unhinged comments to robots. We’d gone to the “mirror side” of their station by opening up a floor panel a...
2025-07-29 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, Narol was a wonderful speechwriter and...
2025-07-28 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe three of us retraced our steps while following Corai back toward the seating area. The anticipation of what she might say was eating me up, with thousands of potential explanations rolling around inside my skull. I knew that Mikri “Overactive Calculation Matrix” Tin Can the First was in t...
2025-07-26 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere was some kind of space station facility straight ahead of us, though I could hardly see out the window from where I laid stuck on the floor. Sofia wasn’t far behind the captain’s chair, since she’d slumped against a wall on her way up here. Mikri’s destroyed body was strewn on the f...
2025-07-22 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostEarth Space Union’s Alien Asset Files: #1 - Private Capal
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Overall, this project had given us some solid steps in the right direction. Preston Carter had given us the all-clear signal, with the appropriate tugs in the cable, w...
2025-07-19 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAt this point, I’d lost my sense of machismo toward the Elusians, because I knew in my soul that they weren’t bluffing. It wasn’t fair, that they wanted to just cut us off from the real universes that we’d worked so fucking hard to get to! I didn’t understand why they ...
2025-07-15 11:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post